Category: Community News

Brand management seems to be a corporate nightmare in this age of information and advertising. In just the past year, companies like Anheuser Busch, Target, and Disney, have all faced various forms of boycotts over their stance on cultural issues. For instance, Bud Light, an Anheuser Busch subsidiary, took massive hits over a marketing campaign that included transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. While few like to talk openly about companies that have gone “woke,” especially due to fear of being cancelled by culture, there is still an adage that says people vote with their wallets and feet. In the case of…

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ., February 28, 2023 – Hancock Road from Highway 95 to Colorado Blvd will be closed one section at a time Beginning Sunday, March 03, at 8 p.m. while City street maintenance crews work overnight to apply a slurry seal as a part of the City Street Maintenance Program (CSMP). A second lift of slurry will be applied the following week in the same order.   Both east and westbound traffic will be detoured around the maintenance during the road closures. No vehicles will be allowed to drive on the slurry while it sets. Businesses and homeowners will…

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The City of Kingman Solid Waste Department has begun the next phase of removing the 300-gallon and 1.5-yard steel shared containers from alleys and giving each customer their own 90-gallon container to be placed at the front of their homes. There will be no additional charge for having an individual container instead of a shared one in the alley. For those customers getting a replacement container, trash pick-up days will remain the same. This project will be completed in multiple phases over the next few years. This phase will include the following areas: 1700 to 1800 block…

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The City of Kingman has begun work on the highly anticipated Eastern Street realignment project. This project was budgeted as part of the City’s FY24 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan, to create a more cohesive traffic flow for that area of town. Over the next few weeks, there will be some ancillary work on the channel, box culverts, and waterline realignment. During the first phase of the project, traffic impacts should be minimal.  Further updates will be given when the team starts constructing the new roadway. Mike Garmon, Acting City Engineer, said, “The Eastern Street re-alignment project addresses…

KINGMAN – Soroptimists International is currently accepting applications for their annual DK Rose awards. The following are qualifications for consideration. • Seeking educational advancement • Proof of educational enrollment • Kingman or Golden Valley resident • Not a prior DK Rose Award recipient • Not a Soroptimist member nor an immediate affiliation • Any woman who is not the primary financial provide or head of the household • The application does not meet eligibility criteria for the Soroptimist Live Your Dream award • Award winner is required to provide proof of a social security number of tax ID number. Deadline…

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The City of Kingman is inviting the public to join them for a ribbon cutting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 4th at the newly completed White Cliffs Trail System South Trailhead. The ribbon cutting will take place at the South Trailhead (downtown) located at 711 N. 4th Street, behind the Mohave County Courthouse. This project was made possible through a partnership between the City of Kingman and the Arizona State Parks Board. The White Cliffs Trail System links downtown to uptown through 240 acres of the beautiful White Cliffs area. (map attached shows the White Cliffs Trail System). Mike Meersman, Director…